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Mail Order Cigar Purchases May be Banned!
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| 1-21-04
| Mike's Cigars
Posted on 01/22/2004 3:17:55 PM PST by wardaddy
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To: sinkspur
Does anyone know if Rush has picked up on this?
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:34:37 PM PST
by
wardaddy
("either the arabs are at your throat, or at your feet")
To: wardaddy
I don't think he has, but I haven't heard him for a couple of days.
I hear Rush gets his El Productos delivered to him, like George Burns did!! (wink, wink)
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:37:52 PM PST
by
sinkspur
(Adopt a shelter dog or cat! You'll save one life, and maybe two!)
To: wardaddy
Short Story. They're named for size. Classic, Signature, Epic....
My faves were actually the Hemingway Signatures - Lonsdale-size cigars - 6x42. Lonsdales are the perfect smoke, IMO.
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:45:57 PM PST
by
Yudan
(...I know what I am, and I'm glad I'm a man...And SO IS LOLA!!!)
To: sinkspur
I just noticed that the only committee members listed on this e-mail are all Pubbies.
I wonder if they have a voice bank at night or should I wait till morning to call or have they already passed it with the offending language inserted.
Rush should be trumpeting this from his damned stained fingers to his 20 million or whatever listeners. He smokes Fidels doesn't he?
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:46:38 PM PST
by
wardaddy
("either the arabs are at your throat, or at your feet")
To: sinkspur; JohnHuang2
Don't we have a smokers ping list around here somewhere.
Wish the King smoked stogies.
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:47:43 PM PST
by
wardaddy
("either the arabs are at your throat, or at your feet")
To: sinkspur
Cuban Montecristo No. 3's may be the best cigars on the PLANET. Scored some at the Mexico City Four Seasons some years ago. Fine, FINE smoke.
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:48:11 PM PST
by
Yudan
(...I know what I am, and I'm glad I'm a man...And SO IS LOLA!!!)
To: ChefKeith
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posted on
01/22/2004 5:56:46 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Uneasy in my easy chair)
To: sinkspur
Maybe they weren't kept in ideal conditions I buy from real cigar shops. (e.g. Hajenius in Amsterdam) It makes me feel as if I'm giving myself the best chance, and they're usually quite nice places.
ML/NJ
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posted on
01/22/2004 6:26:26 PM PST
by
ml/nj
To: wardaddy
Yep, I was going to post this last night right after I received a similiar email for my cigar source -- JR Cigar.
My state (WA) has a 75% cigar tax, so ordering from JR has saved me at least $100 per box (on Macanudos, Partagas, Fuentes).
I was surprised they alerted me to so late though, considering the vote was supposed to be today (although it's now postponed 'till next week).
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posted on
01/22/2004 6:33:43 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
I'm calling all of them. It galls me to no end we even have to screw around with this crap.
I feel better now though...just spent some time watching the Dem debates and some NARAL celebration on C-Span.....there are worse things than this but I'm going to let them hear from me.
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posted on
01/22/2004 6:36:42 PM PST
by
wardaddy
("either the arabs are at your throat, or at your feet")
To: wardaddy
Damn these meddling peckerheads. Local shops will charge 10 bucks a stick unless they know the mail order wholesalers like Mikes and Thompsons or Holts can keep them honest. Indeed they will .....and I'll be cutting back drastically if it passes.
Btw, I don't know about Mikes or Holts, but Thompson's is about 30% more expensive than JR, so you might want to check the latter out.
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posted on
01/22/2004 6:38:04 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: wardaddy
I'll be on the horn with them for they next few days as well, expressing my outrage. My dad's po'd too .....I just talked to him and he'll be telling all his long-time cigar-smokin' buddies about this .......and you can bet the farm they'll be taking action as well.
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posted on
01/22/2004 6:42:12 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: wardaddy
hmm...
the Armenian Mafia has been busy in Socal ripping off cigar places.... there is a new headline every week!
To: orlop9
I'm an H Upman,Fuentes,Carbonera(I love this cigar)kind of guy.....especially with a brewhaha.
To: SheLion
BTTT
To: BurbankKarl
How so?
To: Mr. Mojo
Mikes in Bay Harbour is the best source far and away for La Gloria Cubana.
Oscar Bourchin...the boss emeritus of the company is tight with El Credito in Miami and the Dom Rep. Mikes is actually run by some religious Israelis....hence closed Saturdays and Holy Days.
Lew at JR's in Statesville NC is the best on about everything else but for 5 or 6 years I've only smoked La Glorias or a handful of Cubans. Everything else tastes like grass...weedy. I used to like many Fuentes, Punch, Hoya Excalibur, Partagas, Padron all in particular. I sometimes smoke Bauza as well...another Oscar Bourchin connection. The La Gloria seconds called El Credito after the factory are decent and about 60% the price of the first label. Holt's is best for them. Mikes hardly sells them so as not to compete with the prices they can give on La Glorias. I think you can walk in to the Miami El Credito shop and buy too but I'm not sure they do mail order except wholesale.
I used to like the AF Don Carlos series too. Licencinados was ok too.
Now, I'm too far gone. I on occasion will smoke a Lars Teten but don't tell anyone please. And at deer camp, I'll pull out a pouched twist cigar for a quickie or a DeNobli.
I'm calling all those pubbies manana.
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posted on
01/22/2004 8:43:30 PM PST
by
wardaddy
("either the arabs are at your throat, or at your feet")
To: martin_fierro
Nevermind < /Emilly Latilla voice>
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posted on
01/22/2004 9:01:58 PM PST
by
ChefKeith
(NASCAR...everything else is just a game!)
To: wardaddy
I have read through the entire bill and the ammendments and I can find no reference to cigars. Am I overlooking something? The Senate bill refers to cigarrettes and smokeless tobacco where cigarettes are defined as:
`(2) The term `cigarette' means--
`(A) any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco which is to be heated or burned;
`(B) any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco that, because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging or labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette described in subparagraph (A);
`(C) any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance that because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging or labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette; or
`(D) loose rolling tobacco that, because of its appearance, type, packaging, or labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as tobacco for making cigarettes.
`(3) The term `smokeless tobacco' means any finely cut, ground, powdered, or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity or otherwise consumed without being combusted.'; This definition seems to explicitly rule cigars out.
It also does not prohibit mail order sales, it just states that you have to pay your local tax. As a residence of Virginia that would have no impact one me but would impact people living in most other states.
They use the typical "It's for the children" argument where it is really a money grab at taxes they are losing to sales from low or no tax states. But Liddy Dole is one of the co-sponsors and she is from North Carolina where JRs is located so my only conclusion about her is my first impression - she is a twit. (vent) There are a couple of online retailers that I buy my VSGs and Anniversarios from, which are difficult to find locally at times so I stock up on boxes when these few online retailers have them. So if it is a ban I would like to know for sure.
Basically, before I call my congressman I just want to make sure I have the correct interpretation.
To: wardaddy
Damn... it just passed.
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posted on
01/22/2004 9:18:25 PM PST
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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